 The Northeast Development Commission, NEDC, has flagged off the construction of 500 housing units in Taraba State. The Commission also donated items worth millions of Naira to the state government for distribution so they are vulnerable across the 16 local government areas of the state. The Northeast Development Commission has played a significant role in rebuilding the damaged infrastructure in this region. The commission projects are spread across the six states of the region including Taraba, Bochi and Gombe states which are not directly affected like Adamawa, Borono and Yube. Managing director of the commission, Mohammed Al-Khali said that the provision of mass housing became imperative due to the mass movement of people to urban centers, due to the insurgency and other security challenges in the region. Al-Khali said the gesture was to support displaced persons and to boost food production in the state. The commission, reflect on its mind design, decided to be the same in other five states of the region by the construction of 100 houses in this state. Today we are realizing the actualization of this commitment by a foundation laying ceremony of 150 houses that will go down by its excellency. It will go down to Taraba state, why the budget of 350 will be spread among other cities in the state. Other functions have been done in other parts of the region. The details of which will be cleared out by the Managing Director and Chair Executive of the commission Al-Khali and Al-Khali. On his head, you all appreciate the fact that yes, our coming is the purpose. Governor Darius Ishaku will receive the items commanded President Mama Dubuari for the assistance and thanked the commission for its intervention in critical areas of need for the people in the state. He said his government will forward other demands that are crucial to the well-being of residents in the commission. Now we have a brand new, not one COVID testing point, but two. The one they donated, the one we erected and they have also improved on it. They can test for hepatitis, they can test for TB, they can test for HIV and other tests. So it's doing very well, it's a brand new and we're using it maximally. The commission also donated food and non-food items to the state for inward distribution to residents.